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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 18:29:08 GMT
"just as beautiful as Ryder described you" the shop keeper said "my name is ted, these two are regulars " the twins shot hima grin and he bent behind the counter, getting two very large bags out for them and handing them to brooke "these are allt he sweets they like, i usually make them a little bag every week but i haven't seen them for a while so i jsut kept adding the bags to these ones" he smiled Forrest tugged at her moms hand
"can i get some nerds mama?" she said softly, pointing at a box of pink and purple nerds and a box of red and green ones "pretty please?" Leaf watched his sister then spoke to ted while Brooke had Forrests attention, he was speaking low, talking quick, Ted nodded at everything he said hten went out to the back.
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 18:32:47 GMT
Brooklyn blushed when Ted called her beautiful. It made her miss Ryder even more though. She bit her lip and looked over at the nerds. "Sure, go ahead." She smiled at her and glanced over at Leaf. Brooke had no idea that he had even talked to Ted, let alone know what exactly they were talking about. "Does he make you pay for those big bags?" She didn't have a problem if he did but she could sort of tell by the way he was with them that he probably didn't. The thought was nice and it made her feel a little warmer inside. Humanity was still there in some people, though, not all. "Where'd he go?"
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 18:38:52 GMT
Forrest squealed and ran off to the shelves of nerds, she picked two boxes, one of each and brought them back, leaf smiled at her and took them to pay, he then looked at brooke "he doesnt usually charge us for anything, he was good to us when dad died, visited every day until he broke his hip on the stairs, he had surgery and they rebuilt it for him, he is a great guy mom, he's jsut gone out back to get something" Ted reappeared then, a large box in his hand, Leaf offered him the money but he shook his head and smiled "on the house" Ted said then leant over the counter and whispered to Forrest "go get three more of each flavor and a big on, my treat as i haven;t seen you in so long" Forrest squealed, got the boxes and handed them to him, he smiled and commented on her unicorn, she giggled and told him all about her new friends, then her face grew soft and quiet, her eyes getting sleepy, she was very much stilla child in her mind, and the asylum had insisted on her having naps, leaf noticed and Ted packed everything into a bag "For? go stand with mom, hold onto her hand ok?" Forrest shuffled over to Brooke and slid her hand into her moms, leaning her hea don her shoulder, Leaf took the two big bags of sweets from Brooke with a smile and stuck them in the large bag "stay here i'll be back in two ticks, gonna run these home" and with that he was gone, returning a few minutes later, a pink flush on his cheeks
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 18:43:37 GMT
Brooklyn glanced at the box that Ted had brought in. She wanted to know what was inside it but she didn't know if she would be getting that answer or not. She held onto Forrest's hand and ran her free hand through her hair. Forrest looked like she was about to fall asleep, which made Brooke smile. "As soon as the movers get here with the couch, you can sleep on it while I do your room. However, the couch I picked is so nice you might not want to move to your room." Brooke had finished talking with Leaf came back. She eyed him and then looked over at Ted before smiling. She was really confused as to what exactly was going on.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 18:50:16 GMT
Forrest let out a sleepy little giggle, closing her eyes as brooke stroked her hair, leaf wiped his forehead and smiled at ted "we'll see you soon ok?" Ted nodded, pressed a finger to his lips and waved as leaf walked outside, brooke and forrest in tow, there he stopped, looked around, the street was empty "you up to running forrest?" he asked, she blinked at him, shook her head and yawned, he smiled a little, then offered his back to Brooke, when she was on he turned to Forrest, lifted her easily into his arms and said softly "hold tight" adn they were off, running, leaf had rested her hea don her moms arm as Leaf run and soon enough they were back at the house, Leaf set forrest down and let her and brooke gain their balance before letting them in the new front door, it was a deep green colour with silver numbers, reading 01 on the door, he'd sorted the door out when he dropped the candy home.
"come on lets get inside we;ve got..." he checked his watch "about half an hour before the delivery arrives" he helped Forrest up the steps to the front door and waited for brooke to enter before closing the door behind him, it clicked closed and he flipped the melted switch int he hallway, there was a hum then power flickered onto the light bulbs he'd jsut replaced, he looked aorund "really did make a mess didnt we for?" he said softly she nodded, rubbing at her eyes, he looked about "you want to lay on dads bed till the couch arrives?" forrest nodded, LEaf looked at brooke "you can go with her, stay till shes asleep or she'll go on her own, its up to you, i was gonna work on the walls and flooring int he hall"
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 18:56:02 GMT
Once they got back to the house and she had regained her balance, she nodded at Leaf. "I'll go upstairs with her but when the delivery people get here, come get me so that I can start on her room." She dragged Forrest up the stairs and got her into Ryder's bed. "Do you know what your brother was talking to Ted about? They were being secretive." Her voice stayed quiet. She wanted to know but she wasn't sure if Leaf was going to tell her. Secrets made her nervous, especially after the life she lived before she died. Brooke sat down next to Forrest and ran her hand through her hair to try and get to her to sleep.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 18:59:59 GMT
Forrest settled into the bed, the blankets still smelt like smoke, but the sheets smelt like her daddy, she managed a smile then blinke dup at her mom "he got you something" she said "but i dont know what" she frowned and looked up again, but Brooke had started stroking her hair, she cuddled her green unicorn, eyes closing quickly, and soon enough she was asleep.
Downstairs leaf set the walls on repairing themselve, the walls came up blank, white things, the light switches he replaced from the bag of bits he brought home, in the newly repaired living room was the bag of sweets and the box, inside the box, was a gingerbread house, dads favorite, he knew he used to go on about how he got one every year for him and mom,, leaf thought it was a nice surprise, he finished in the hall and worked on the kitchen walls, slowly the house was starting to look livable again, the windows regrew and the frames were as blank as the wall, but he knew mom wanted to decorate.
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 19:06:52 GMT
"That's nice." Brooklyn said it in a whisper, not wanting to wake Forrest up. She kept running her hand through her daughters hair, wanting to make sure that she fell into a deep sleep. Things would be better here than they were in the asylum. She wouldn't have to take her medicine here and Brooke was sort of hoping that they could get her mental state stable again, or as stable as possible. She really didn't like the fact that it had gone untreated and that they forced her into an insane asylum instead of taking the problem straight on.
After she was sure that Forrest was asleep, she got up quietly from the bed and made her way downstairs. She didn't have to mind her step anymore and that made her feel a lot better. When she saw what Leaf had done, she grinned. "Wow Leaf! It looks great down here."
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 19:20:31 GMT
Leaf jumped the smiled "thought it was better to start fresh so you have a blank canvas" he was cleaning off the photo that Forrest had first shown Brooke, a rag covered in dirt dust and ash in his hand, the cellar door was open and a few boxes had been brought up, old pictures that had been put down there for safety before the fire "i thought maybe we could make the cellar into a dance studio... for Forrest, get some large mirrors, fit a barre for her, she does love to dance" he sighed softly, found the nail in the wall and hung the picture frame up "maybe get a new fish tank, it was nice, dad bought like 50 angel fish for the first one" he nodded a the large box he'd brought home "thats for you, open it and have a look" he knew the gingerbread house was inside, the kitchen wasnt clean enough to store food in yet, but they would work on that room next, he stopped in his work to watch brooke.
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 19:24:53 GMT
Brooklyn got a really big grin on her face. "I'll try and make it look as beautiful as possible, and yes I like the idea of both the dance studio and the fish tank. I always had a fish tank growing up. They were my favorite." She paused as she reminisced. "I prefer salt water fish, though, they're prettier. Maybe we could tear out a hole in one of the walls and have it be that kind of tank. Or get a large corner tank and stick it in the corner of the living room that doesn't have anything." Brooke grinned and started walking towards the box that Leaf had told her to open. When she got to it, she opened it carefully and when she saw what was inside her hand went to her heart and her eyes lit up. Brooke spun around to look at Leaf. "How did you know?" Her voice was a soft squeal.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 19:31:14 GMT
"sure, we could rip a hole into the wall, build one in that, that would be cool" he smiled brightly screwing the ne light switch into the wall of the living room, when brooke opened the present and asked how he knew he shrugged "dad bought one every year, light candles around it, me and forrest used to make little people for it out of marzipan, a mom a dad and us two with a snow man and a dog, sometimes a cat, depends how she felt" he chuckled "i'm glad you came back, its been the best thing to happen to us in god knows how long." e smiled weakly then, rubbing his hand on his neck "theres quite a few boxes in the basement, a few suitcases, stuff that was to go into storage before the fire, maybe we can go through them tomorrow, see what we can save" he looked at brooke and smiled "so do you like this bit of your present?"
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 19:36:46 GMT
Brooklyn looked over at Leaf. "There's more? This is more than enough Leaf." She smiled at him. It was almost like she had been there for the early parts of their life, and all of her really wished she had been. She heard what he said about the boxes and tilted her head slightly. "What's down there exactly?" Brooke didn't know what they had tried to save as the two of them hadn't told her. She but down on her lip as she moved closer to the basement stairs. She didn't want to go through all of the stuff without Forrest there too, or Ryder, but she knew the likeliness of that happening.
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 19:41:58 GMT
"mainly dads stuff" he said softly "but there were two suitcases he never let us look in, said they were important to him, so not sure whats in them, theres some baby clothes of ours, we were going to give them to charity, forrests baby blanket, my baby blanket, baby books" he thought "so other bits and pieces, i think grammas tea set is down there too" he frowned trying to remember "its pretty dark down there though, the light doesnt work and its the fitting not the bulb, im gonna change it in the morning" he glanced up at the ceiling, thinking he heard forrest but all was silent
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Post by Brooklyn York on Nov 26, 2012 19:49:28 GMT
"Huh. We will have to go through them some time after you get the light fixed." Brooklyn looked around the rooms and sighed. "I wish your father could be here though. I don't know how I never saw him up there." The thought made her feel sad inside. She wasn't sure what to think anymore. She had part of her family but she felt bad that they had never experienced a full family together. Just as she was about to get to work, the delivery truck pulled up. She walked towards the front door and opened it up for them. They were in charge of taking out all of the old furniture and putting in all of the new stuff. "Go get Forrest after they change the living room furniture, that way they can change some things in the room she's in."
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Post by Forrest/Leaf/Teagan on Nov 26, 2012 20:02:53 GMT
"course" leaf said softly, once the moving people had set the living room stuff down, leaf went upstairs, brought forrest and her unicorns down, laying he ront he sofa with a blanket "i'll get her stuff out of her room, her toys, books etc, she'll be upset if they get damaged" up he went and made several trips up and down, rbingin his and forrests belongings down, along with some of their dads stuff that he didnt trust teh delivery people with. "ok its all good now" he smiled at brooke and sat next to forrest, letting her head onto his lap and strokign her hair
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